2017 ConocoPhillips Texas Energy Workshop - Pecos, TX 

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• K – 12th Grade Science Teachers
• CTE Teachers
• Math Teachers

FOR THE ATTENDEES:

• It’s FREE
• Breakfast & lunch provided
• Substitute reimbursement
• A NEED Science of Energy Kit
• Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core aligned curriculum.
• Professional development credits

DID YOU KNOW

Through NEED, ConocoPhillips funds energy education workshops for teachers in the U.S. We help teachers educate students on a wide range of topics including energy conservation and alternative energy sources. Over 95 percent of the workshop participants indicate that they will use the materials in their classrooms. To date, we have reached approximately 600,000 students through the program.

2017 Agenda

8:00 a.m.          Registration & Breakfast

 

8:30 a.m.          Welcome to the Workshop! Introduction to The NEED Project and Energy Bingo
Take a quick pre-workshop assessment.

 9:00 a.m.           The Science of Energy
Learn more about the forms of energy and energy transformations while experimenting with the Science of Energy kit. ConocoPhillips provides a Science of Energy Kit (for appropriate grade level) to all participating teachers.

 11:00 a.m.        Energy Enigma
After learning about the Science of Energy, participants begin studying the sources of energy. What are they? Where do they come from? How do we use each of the 10 sources of energy?

 11:45 a.m.        Lunch and ConocoPhillips Speaker
Following the lessons on energy sources, a local ConocoPhillips representative will speak about today’s and tomorrow’s energy challenges and the company’s activities in the local area.

 12:30 p.m.        Intro to Oil & Gas

 
12:45 p.m.        Exploring Oil & Gas-Peak Oil Activity

These lessons and activities help students understand the exploration, production and use of the nation’s oil and natural gas.

 2:15 p.m.           Getting the Oil Out

This lesson explores the relationship between depth and pressure and the challenges engineers face trying to “produce” materials, or bring them to the surface. 

2:45 p.m.          Understanding Energy Efficiency – The Energy Conservation Web

This quick lesson allows participants to understand their home and school as a system and to better conserve energy resources. 

3:15 p.m.           Paperwork and Other Stuff: Complete Workshop Evaluations, Post-workshop assessment, receive substitute reimbursement forms, and complete Order Forms for Curriculum and Kits

3:30 p.m.           Adjourn